Trump’s a Master of Crisis Mismanagement Trump’s a Master of Crisis Mismanagement
Can’t wait to see where wishful thinking takes us next.
May 19, 2020 / Tom Tomorrow
A Fox News Anchor Egged On a Clash With Police. It Didn’t Work. A Fox News Anchor Egged On a Clash With Police. It Didn’t Work.
New Jersey gym owners defied the state’s coronavirus lockdown to reopen Monday. Protesters gathered. Police let it happen. Fox blew the real story.
May 18, 2020 / Joan Walsh
Facing a Real Catastrophe With a Pretend President Facing a Real Catastrophe With a Pretend President
With Trump AWOL and Biden keeping a low profile, there is no national leadership.
May 18, 2020 / Jeet Heer
Democracy Dies in Dysfunction Democracy Dies in Dysfunction
There are clear steps we can take now to ensure fair and functional elections in November—but time is quickly running out.
May 18, 2020 / John Nichols for The Nation
Pelosi Sends a Message Pelosi Sends a Message
The House passed the HEROES Act, which is a good start, but our new normal demands a bold progressive agenda.
May 15, 2020 / Robert L. Borosage
Would You Buy a Used Progressive Agenda From This Man? Would You Buy a Used Progressive Agenda From This Man?
Progressive voters have to balance hope with skepticism as they are wooed by the former vice president.
May 15, 2020 / Jeet Heer
Lame-Duck Injustice: Wisconsin’s Latest Political Horror Story Lame-Duck Injustice: Wisconsin’s Latest Political Horror Story
A Supreme Court justice who was rejected by voters last month cast the deciding vote against maintaining protections against the spread of Covid-19.
May 15, 2020 / John Nichols
If They Walk Like Fascists and Talk Like Fascists… If They Walk Like Fascists and Talk Like Fascists…
Attacking science, forcing people back to work, closing the border, suppressing the vote—the Trump/GOP strategy looks increasingly like white nationalist accelerationism.
May 15, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky
Los Angeles’s ‘Eviction Ban’ Doesn’t Protect Tenants Los Angeles’s ‘Eviction Ban’ Doesn’t Protect Tenants
The city’s emergency measures will only delay a huge wave of evictions until later this year.
May 14, 2020 / Jacob Woocher
The Supreme Court Has Given Its Blessing to Public Corruption The Supreme Court Has Given Its Blessing to Public Corruption
With its Bridgegate decision, the Supreme Court put another nail in the coffin of our corruption laws.
May 14, 2020 / Elie Mystal